World Humanitarian Summit: Political Breakthrough or Fringe Festival? (ODI, May 2016) [text]

The World Humanitarian Summit: Winners and Losers (IRIN, May 2016) [text]
- IRIN's "summary of what was – and wasn’t – agreed." See also the sidebar on the left with "Other useful WHS round-ups," which includes links to the UN's official blow-by-blow coverage. In addition, IRIN's Storify provides Twitter highlights.

"Asylum as a General Principle of International Law," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 27, no. 1 (March 2015) [free full-text]
- Part of a special collection providing free access to articles until the end of July 2016.

The Crisis of European Refugee Law: Lessons from Lake Success (SSRN, May 2016) [text]

"The Development of a Common EU Migration Policy and the Rights of Irregular Migrants: A Progress Narrative?," Human Rights Law Review, vol. 16, no. 2 (2016) [free full-text]

Outdated Rules of War Need Major Overhaul: Experts (Refugees Deeply, May 2016) [text]

"The Potential and Limitations of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Shaping International Refugee Law," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 27, no. 2 (June 2015) [free full-text]
- Part of a special collection providing free access to articles until the end of July 2016.

"The Protection Paradox: Why Hasn’t the Arrival of New Media Transformed Refugee Status Determination?," International Journal of Refugee Law, vol. 27, no. 4 (Dec. 2015) [free full-text]
- Part of a special collection providing free access to articles until the end of July 2016.

Resources:

Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog (ICRC) [access]
- "Focusing on the interplay between international law and the policies that shape humanitarian action, it gathers academics, lawyers and aid workers concerned with how to better protect and assist those affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence."

Would a New UN Convention Help Refugees? (BBC World Service, May 2016) [access]
- Interview with four experts. Follow link for transcript and audio.

The Economist, 28 May 2016 [contents]
- Includes a special report on migration; the lead article, "Looking for a Home," is freely available.

European Review of History = Revue européenne d'histoire, vol. 23, nos. 1-2 (2015) [open access]
- Special issue on "Humanitarianisms in Context: Histories of Non-State Actors, from the Local to the Global."

International Migration, vol. 54, no. 2 (June 2016) [contents]
- Includes articles on labour migration and the political participation of migrants.

[Note: I am re-circulating this post to reflect two additions.]
The Back Way to Europe: Gambia’s Forgotten Refugees (openDemocracy, May 2016) [text]

Case Study: Regional Humanitarian Challenges in the Sahel (Feinstein International Center, April 2016) [text]
- Part of component 2 of the "Planning from the Future Project," which involves identifying "the key blockages and game changers in the humanitarian landscape today."

26 May 2016

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) is now available. The theme is "Humanitarianism and the Migration Crisis," with a focus on the experiences of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff. Contents of vol. 35, no. 2, June 2016 include:

25 May 2016

Call for Proposals on Forced Displacement, ESRC/AHRC [info]
- Deadline for submissions is 20 July 2016.

Publications:

After the World Humanitarian Summit: Better Humanitarian-Development Cooperation for Sustainable Results on the Ground (Solutions Alliance, May 2016) [text]

Forum on New Approaches to Protracted Forced Displacement, Steyning, UK, 4-6 April 2016 [info]
- Follow link for the co-hosts' summary and the Wilton Park Principles.

Fresh Start on Advocacy for the Displaced (Refugees Deeply, May 2016) [text]
- First in a "series of commentaries for Refugees Deeply on effective advocacy for refugees and IDPs, applying [the author's] field research from 61 displacement crises across the world."

Guidance Note: A Development Approach to Migration and Displacement (UNDP, Feb. 2016) [text]

The Humanitarian Quest for Accountability: Examining the Role of UNHCR (IntLawGrrls, May 2016) [text]

IOM-NGO Humanitarian Consultations, Geneva, 30 June 2015 (IOM & ICVA, April 2016) [text]
- Follow link for last year's report. The 2016 meeting will be held 13 June 2016.

Maintaining Public Trust in the Governance of Migration (Migration Policy Institute, May 2016) [text]

"Conceiving Citizenship and Statelessness in the Middle East and Sweden: The Experiences of Kurdish Migrants in Sweden," Chapter 4 in Citizenship, Belonging, and Nation-States in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave Macmillan, Jan. 2016) [text via ResearchGate]

Delete the Term Ethnic: Representations of Stateless Arabs (Refugee Research Blog, April 2016) [text]

Denaturalisation: A Brief (French) History (openDemocracy, April 2016) [text]

Ending Childhood Statelessness: A Comparative Study of Safeguards to Ensure the Right to a Nationality for Children Born in Europe, Working Paper, no. 1 (European Network on Statelessness, May 2016) [text]

In advance of UNHCR's Annual Consultations with NGOs, taking place 15-17 June 2016 in Geneva, the organization's two Assistant High Commissioners are making themselves available for questions via Twitter.

- May 24th: George Okoth-Obbo, AHC for Operations
- May 27th: Volker Turk, AHC for Protection

"Multiplicity and Contrasting Discourses about Refugees in Twitter through the Spanish Case," Paper presented at 1st International Congress on Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences, Faro, Portugal, 5-6 May 2016 [text]

Phones: Crucial to Survival for Refugees on the Perilous Route to Europe (The Conversation, May 2016) [text]

"'Refugee Voices,' New Social Media and Politics of Representation: Young Congolese in the Diaspora and Beyond," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 32, no. 1 (2016) [open access]

"Refugees and HCI SIG: The Role of HCI in Responding to the Refugee Crisis," Presentation at ACM CHI 2016, San Jose, CA 7-8 May 2016 [text]

"Socializing in Emergencies: A Review of the Use of Social Media in Emergency Situations," International Journal of Information Management, vol. 35, no. 5 (Oct. 2015) [open access]

The Value of Timely Information during Disasters (Measured in Hours) (iRevolutions Blog, April 2016) [text]

20 May 2016

Yesterday, Amnesty International reported on a survey it undertook in 27 countries to assess "people's willingness to let refugees live in their countries, towns, neighbourhoods and homes." The findings were used to create a Refugees Welcome Index. Read more about the country rankings here. The full-text of the report is here.

Here are some other recent items that focus on the public's attitudes towards various immigration and refugee issues:

"Contemporary Australian Attitudes to Immigration," Chapter in Creating Social Cohesion in an Interdependent World: Experiences of Australia and Japan (Springer, 2016) [extract]
- Click on the book cover to view the extract.

The Evolution of American Public Opinion towards Refugees: Neither Our Doors nor Our Minds Have Opened Much since WWII (GOOD, May 2016) [access]
- Follow link for video; see also related Pew Fact Tank blog post and Gallup comment.

Celebrating the Scholarship of Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill: An International Gathering, Oxford, 14-15 April 2016 [info via RSC] [info via Kaldor Centre]
- A number of podcasts of the presentations are available via both links.

*From Kampala to Istanbul: Advancing Global Accountability for IDPs through Law and Policy Making (IDMC, May 2016) [text]

The Future of Refugee Protection: What New Approaches to Meet a Growing Crisis? (openDemocracy, 2016) [access]
- View new additions to this debate series.

"The Practice of Shared Responsibility in Relation to Refoulement," Chapter in The Practice of Shared
Responsibility in International Law (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2016) [eprint via SSRN]

When Lives are Put on Hold: Lengthy Asylum Processes Increase Unemployment among Refugees (Stanford Univ., Forthcoming) [info]
- The text of the report is not yet available, but a copy can be requested from the author. More info available on project site.

World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, 23-24 May 2016 [info]
- With the summit only days away, there has been an increase in the publication of viewpoints, position statements and policy proposals. To keep track of many of these, browse through these search results in ReliefWeb. You can also monitor unfolding developments via IRIN's WHS blog.